Don't just show kindness in passing or to be courteous. Show it in depth, show it with passion, and expect nothing in… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Our failure was that our intelligence community thought [Saddam Hussein ] had stockpiled weapons of mass destruction. That was a mistake. There… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
In my 35 years in the army I was in school for 6 years. I think corporations should take a look at… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Every human endeavor has leaders and followers, and your job as a leader is to inspire. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Fear is a normal human emotion. It is not in itself a killer. We can learn to be aware when fear grips… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Poverty arises and persists where corruption is endemic and enterprise is stifled, where basic fairness provided by the rule of law is… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The information that the intelligence people used was a combination of satellite information, signals intelligence, and human intelligence. We are not sure… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
All children need a laptop. Not a computer, but a human laptop. Moms, Dads, Grannies and Grandpas, Aunts, Uncles - someone to… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Failure is a part of life and you have to learn to deal with it. Failure is something that is part of life's cycle… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
Effective leaders are made, not born. They learn from trial and error, and from experience. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
I always like to take my time and examine the two candidates, see not only the two candidates but the policies they will bring… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We can seldom get our children to do what we tell them, but they almost never fail to imitate us. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
With respect to where we are now, we have a voluntary army. And if we ever go back to conscription I hope that at… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
There are no secrets to success: don't waste time looking for them, success is the result of perfection, hard work, learning from failure, loyalty… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
We hope that more assistance will be available to the nations of the region, to include Egypt, on the three pillars that I discussed… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
One of the most worrisome things that emerges from the thick intelligence file we have on Iraq's biological weapons is the existence of mobile… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
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